Chapter 14-15 - Personality 3:28:00 PM What is personality...

Personality 31/03/2008 15:28:00 ← What is personality • A set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and relatively enduring and that influence their interactions with their environments • We are simultaneously like all others, like some others, and like no others ← Locus of Control • A dimension of believing that your out comes are caused by yourself or by external forces o Internal LoC: Control from within yourself, by your own actions o External LoC: Control by something outside yourself, something other that your own actions ← Self Monitoring • Altering or adjusting your behavior in order to act appropriately in different situations o High self monitor: the chameleon  Care a great deal about how they appear to others, want to “fit in” where ever they are o Low self monitor: Steady and consistent

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